I heard a Flight Safety instructor say, "The pilot is the only part of our aircraft that we routinely fly to the point of failure.  If we were to annual our pilots like we do the aircraft we would significantly increase the safety of our flights"

 

I think we would all agree that our IQ goes to zero when we get under the stress of an emergency situation.  The military learned decades ago that rigorous training is the best way to insure performance from human beings when they're under stress.

 

We all know how to make an emergency landing.  We wouldn't have our ticket if we didn't know.  But knowing and being able to perform under extreme stress is what recurrent training does for us.

 

Mike